Marriage Stories

Season 31987

This highly acclaimed cycle of documentaries observing changes in the lives of married couples from their weddings to the present day,. The series of six full-length films directed by Helena Treštíková met with an extraordinary reception when it was presented on television. Almost a million spectators watched some of the life-stories, a number never previously reached by any documentary program. This enormous interest is well deserved; the films have so many layers that they will maintain their relevance and value even into the future.

Overview Episodes Download

6 Episodes

E01 Episode 1

A twenty-one-year-old machine fitter and a one-year-older shop assistant have created a naturally harmonious, even archetypal model of a partner relationship. Besides his job and family, the more dynamic Pavel managed to spare some time for his numerous hobbies while Ivana took up the position of his benevolent, understanding supporter from the very beginning. Except for the first years of marriage when the family was struggling with economic problems, she was a housewife and a real keeper of the hearth and home, living primarily for the success, interests and problems of her close ones. Her approach became even more meaningful after the revolution which opened new horizons for Pavel’s enterprising spirit while their children, older Dominik and younger Růženka, both of whom inherited the active nature of their father, were growing up.

January 1, 1987

E02 Episode 2

“We wanted to get married anyway and the child only made it quicker”. Perhaps it was too quick; seventeen-year-old Mirka just got apprenticed as a hairdresser while nineteen-year-old Antonín worked as a dispatcher. The first years of their marriage gave no promise of a great future; on one hand, there was a young mother deprived of the freedoms and fun of her contemporaries, complaining about the insufficient involvement of her husband; on the other hand, there was a young father trying to secure his family and once, perhaps, even a housing of their own. Tired of compromising and discontented with the monotony of early adulthood, in the course of years Mirka and Antonín managed to turn their marriage into a reasonable relationship, finding realization in their jobs, bringing up two children and becoming grandparents.

January 16, 1988

E03 Episode 3

January 1, 1987

E04 Episode 4

January 1, 1987

E05 Episode 5

January 1, 1987

E06 Episode 6

Architecture students Ivana (21) and Vašek (24) never once thought about whether and how family life and professional ambitions were to be combined. With complete naturalness and admirable dynamism, they decided to manage both; they had five children, built a house and started a business. In their urgent need to work, construct and create, they made claims on themselves and their environment that were so high that they inevitably reached beyond the limits of the possible. The world they have created is admirable and consuming at the same time; they price they have paid for it is high. Yet they have managed to keep the most precious thing: their relationship.

January 1, 1987

Marriage Stories

E01 Episode 1

E02 Episode 2

E03 Episode 3

E04 Episode 4

E05 Episode 5

E06 Episode 6

Masamune-kun's Revenge

Come What May

The Seven Deadly Sins

Our Beloved Summer

Little Women

Goblin

BOCCHI THE ROCK!

It's Okay to Not Be Okay

Your Lie in April

Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia

Shōgun

Tokyo Revengers

Marry My Husband

Noragami

BLUE LOCK

Wizards: Tales of Arcadia

Are You Lost?

Goblin Slayer

Doctor Slump

Tengoku Daimakyo

E01 Episode 1

E02 Episode 2

E03 Episode 3

E04 Episode 4

E05 Episode 5

E06 Episode 6